Suicide prevention in Latin American prisons: a multiple case study with meta-matrix of policies, programmes and protocols in 17 countries
Many Latin American countries still need to draft policies and develop institutional frameworks for suicide prevention in prison. Most countries may review their suicide prevention protocols in prisons to cover all key components with clear procedures. Prison administrations in Latin America should publish internal plans and protocols for prison suicide prevention to facilitate cross-country policy evaluations and research.
Authors
- Lukas Beigel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3999-3989)
- Daniel D. Pratt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8943-5697)
- Amanda Perry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0279-1884)
- Pablo Antonio Cifuentes-Gramajo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0150-6385)
- Andrew Forrester
- Anne Aboaja
- César Cortés-Jara
- Felix Bacigalupo
- Adrian P Mundt
- María Isabel Cuartas-Giraldo
- José Luis Osnaya
- Gerson Gómez-Durán
- Elisabet Eterovich
Institutions
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CL)
- Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (MX)
- Universidad de Los Andes, Chile (CL)
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB)
- Mental Health Research UK (GB)
- Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile (CL)
- Ministerio de Salud (CR)
- Ministerio de Salud (AR)
- Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería de Costa Rica (CR)
- Centro Universitario de Occidente (GT)
- Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (CO)
- Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of York (GB)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Cardiff University (GB)
- Universidad Diego Portales (CL)
- University of Wales (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Global Health
- Published
- 2026-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-021858
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 44.11
Funders
- Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo